STORAGE TANK MONITORING APPARATUS - A storage tank monitoring apparatus includes a measurement device for determining a level of a stored substance within a storage tank. The measurement device is arranged to detect the presence of a second substance in the storage tank. A processor is arranged to generate a signal if the second substance is detected in the storage tank.

2011-12-08

20110301885

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A LIGHT SENSOR OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An improved system and method for testing a sensor of a portable electronic device based on expected sensor data and not timing information. The system and method for testing a sensor of a portable electronic device retrieves sensed data from the portable electronic device (i.e. device under test) after the device has traversed a series of test areas or zones. The sensed data is compared against a set of expected sensor data patterns to determine which components of the sensed data correspond to each test area or zone. The sensor of the portable electronic device may be tested based on an association of the test areas or zones with segments of the sensed data.

2011-12-08

20110301886

ABSORBED POWER MEASURING METHOD, LOCAL AVERAGE ABSORBED POWER MEASURING METHOD, LOCAL AVERAGE ABSORBED POWER CALCULATING APPARATUS, AND LOCAL AVERAGE ABSORBED POWER CALCULATING PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide a simple way of measuring the local average absorbed power of a radio device having a plurality of antennas. A local average absorbed power measuring method of the present invention has an individual measurement step and a calculation step. In the individual measurement step, the amplitude and phase of the electric field or magnetic field of each one of the plurality of antennas are measured. In the calculation step, local average absorbed power candidates are obtained while weights are being varied. More specifically, in a combination sub-step, given weights are applied to the amplitudes and phases of the electric fields or magnetic fields of the individual antennas, obtained in the individual measurement step, and the results are combined. In a local average absorbed power candidate calculation sub-step, the absorbed power distribution in three-dimensional space is calculated from the combined electric field or combined magnetic field obtained in the combination sub-step, and a local average absorbed power candidate is obtained. In a local average absorbed power selection step, the highest one of the local average absorbed power candidates is specified as the local average absorbed power of the radio device.

2011-12-08

20110301887

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOISE REDUCTION AND DATA COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for carrying out noise reduction in data regarding parameter values comprising the steps of, making a series of measurements of parameter values at times separated by predetermined time intervals, forming a plurality of successive measurements into an array of measurements, performing n successive wavelet transforms on the array of measurements to produce an array of coefficients, comparing the values of the array of coefficients to a threshold value and, selectively changing the values of said coefficients based on their relationship to the threshold, to produce an array of filtered coefficients, and performing n successive inverse wavelet transforms on the array of filtered coefficients to produce an array of filtered measurements.

2011-12-08

20110301888

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING OF DEMAND FOR POWER ON AN ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORK - A system and method for calculating energy to be preceded or delayed through a deactivation of appliance on a power network to reduce a highest threshold of power production required to meet power demand. Predictions of power demand by appliances and the possibility of preceding or delaying such demand away from a time of high power usage allow power use to be shifted away from periods of peak production. Further, such predictions allow more complete use of power once a power generator has been activated.

2011-12-08

20110301889

FLEXIBLE POWER REPORTING IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM - A system and method for efficient reporting of power usage. A power reporting unit within a processor receives a power consumption number once every sample interval from a power monitor. The power monitor determines a power consumption number based on data corresponding to activity levels of one or more functional blocks within the processor. This data corresponds to each of a number of sampled signals within the one or more functional blocks rather than temperature. Thus, the data is independent of environment temperature variations. An average power consumption number is computed based on received power consumption numbers for a running time interval, wherein the running time interval is larger than the sample interval. This value is conveyed to an external agent, such as a controller for a data center rack system. Responsive to receiving and processing the average power consumption number, the external agent may perform one or more actions. For example, the external agent may cause changes in a cooling system.

2011-12-08

20110301890

AGGREGATING MOBILE DEVICE BATTERY LIFE DATA - Battery life data may be collected from a number of mobile devices. The battery life data for each of the mobile devices may be correlated with one or more characteristics of each of the mobile devices. The battery life data for the mobile devices may be aggregated based on at least one of the one or more characteristics. In some examples, a report of the aggregated battery life data for the mobile devices including at least one common characteristic is generated.

2011-12-08

20110301891

METHOD OF DIAGNOSING DETERIORATION OF CELL OF BATTERY FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a method of diagnosing deterioration of a cell of a battery for a vehicle. The present method makes it possible to prevent deterioration of a battery pack and reduction of performance due to degradation. The methods include calculating internal resistance in the method of least squares based on current and voltage of each cell in a battery pack, calculating available capacity and power of the cells from the internal resistance, determining whether the cells are deteriorated on the basis of the available capacity and power, and instructing a driver to check and repair the battery pack if needed.

2011-12-08

20110301892

System and method for characterizing the electrical properties of a semiconductor sample - A system for characterizing the electrical properties of semiconductor wafers with high surface state densities, such as GaN wafers, includes a support subsystem for supporting the semiconductor sample, at least one light source for illuminating a spot on the sample, and a detection subsystem for measuring the photovoltage signal produced from illumination of the sample. In use, the system utilizes in-line, non-contact photovoltage techniques that exploits the presence of the high surface state density and the known components of its associated electrostatic barrier as part of its novel characterization process. Specifically, the system illuminates the sample with one or more light beams that vary in photon energy and duration in order to excite charge carriers in specific layers of the sample while either preserving or collapsing the electrostatic barrier. In this manner, the system is able to electrically characterize individual or combined layers of the sample as well as embedded junctions.

2011-12-08

20110301893

INTELLIGENT TOOL FOR DETECTING PERFORATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA ONLINE - The present application relates to a tool for detecting perforations in hydrocarbon pipelines based on the sensing system thereof. The function of said tool is to pass longitudinally through a pipeline of specific diameter, monitoring the thickness thereof and detecting any hole over the path followed and, in accordance with the data obtained, establishing the distance at which the holes are located, calculated from the starting point, the time at the instant of detection and also the circumferential position and size thereof, all the aforesaid as part of an online process implemented as the tool progresses through the target pipeline. At the end of the run, the information may be downloaded to a computer where it is available for use and for the corresponding decisions concerning integrity.

2011-12-08

20110301894

Method and System for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring and Processing - A system and method for use in a non-intrusive load monitoring system to identify specific types of loads and communicate the identified load information to interested parties. The non-intrusive load monitoring system includes an electricity meter that measures load information from a home or facility. The load information is analyzed by comparing the information to a series of load signatures for various known electrical loads to identify the specific type of electric load. Once the type of load is identified, the system utilizes the information to analyze the operation of the load and relay messages to the home owner regarding such operation. The load information may be used by a utility to better predict and manage peak and average electricity consumption over the year. Upon customer authorization, the load identification information may also be relayed to third parties for use in directed sales campaigns and discount promotions.

2011-12-08

20110301895

PHASE MEASURING DEVICE AND FREQUENCY MEASURING DEVICE - This disclosure provides a phase measuring device that can measure phase differences with high precision using the digital circuits. A phase measuring device includes a buffer delay measuring circuit and a phase difference measuring circuit which use a TDC, respectively, and a phase difference calculator. The buffer delay measuring circuit generates delay measurement data indicating a delay amount τ

2011-12-08

20110301896

DELAY ANALYSIS APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DELAY ANALYSIS PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND DELAY ANALYSIS METHOD - If there are a plurality of activation paths on which a signal propagates during a delay test, multiple-input cells receiving two or more activation paths are extracted by an extraction unit. For the extracted multiple-input cells, whether there is a possibility of occurrence of a multiple-input switching in a multiple-input cell is determined by a determination unit, based on an input timing to each signal multiple-input cell in the two or more activation paths. Then, an occurrence situation of a multiple-input switching is analyzed as one delay cause by an analysis unit, based on a determination result by the determination unit and a result of the delay test.

2011-12-08

20110301897

CALIBRATION OF A TRIAXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR - A method for calibrating a triaxial magnetic field sensor includes steps for determining an offset of recorded measured values of the magnetic field sensor using a superposed signal and for determining the sensitivity of the magnetic field sensor along the first measuring axes. The determination of the sensitivity includes steps for determining the sensitivity of the magnetic field sensor along a first measuring axis and for determining the sensitivity of the magnetic field sensor along the other measuring axes based on the sensitivity of the first measuring axis and the determined offset.

2011-12-08

20110301898

AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION ALGORITHM FOR 3D MAGNETIC FIELD CALIBRATION WITH REDUCED MEMORY REQUIREMENTS - A magnetic compass comprising a magnetometer for taking readings of a magnetic field and a processing unit that calibrates the magnetic compass is provided. The processing unit is configured to validate a predetermined number of magnetic field samples and calculate calibration coefficients from the validated magnetic field samples. Each validated magnetic field sample is at least a minimum separation angle apart from every other validated magnetic field sample.

2011-12-08

20110301899

Method for calibrating a device for measuring phase fractions of polyphase fluid under flow conditions, measuring method, and related device - This method comprises taking a first pressurized gaseous phase sample in a flow channel and transferring the first sample in the measuring channel. It comprises activating a second sensor to collect a first piece of information representative of the first pressurized sample. The method comprising taking a second pressurized liquid phase sample, transferring the second sample in the measuring channel and activating the second sensor a second piece of information representative of the second pressurized sample. The method comprises the computation of at least one calibration coefficient connecting the property to the or each piece of information received from the sensor, based on the first piece of information and the second piece of information.

2011-12-08

20110301900

GYRO ZERO TURN RATE OFFSET CORRECTION OVER TEMPERATURE IN A PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICE - A personal mobile device housing contains a display screen, a wireless telephony communications transceiver, and a battery charger interface. A temperature sensor and a gyro sensor whose zero turn rate output contains an offset are also included. A lookup table has gyro zero turn rate offset correction values associated with different temperature values. A programmed processor accesses the lookup table to correct the output of the gyro sensor for zero turn rate offset. It is automatically determined, during in-the-field use, when the device is in a motionless state, and the output of the temperature and gyro sensors are read. The read gyro output is written to the lookup table as part of a pair of associated temperature and zero turn rate offset correction values. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

2011-12-08

20110301901

CALIBRATION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MOTION SENSOR - An electronic device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) operative to monitor the movement of the electronic device. The IMU used in the device can be inaccurate due to the manufacturing process used to construct the IMU and to incorporate the IMU in the electronic device. To correct the IMU output, the electronic device in which the IMU is incorporated can be placed in a testing apparatus that moves the device to known orientations. The IMU output at the known orientations can be compared to an expected true IMU output, and correction factors (e.g., sensitivity and offset matrices) can be calculated. The correction factors can be stored in the device, and applied to the IMU output to provide a true output. The testing apparatus can include a fixture placed in a gimbal movable around three axes.

2011-12-08

20110301902

INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT CALIBRATION SYSTEM - An electronic device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) operative to monitor the movement of the electronic device. The IMU used in the device can be inaccurate due to the manufacturing process used to construct the IMU and to incorporate the IMU in the electronic device. To correct the IMU output, the electronic device in which the IMU is incorporated can be placed in a testing apparatus that moves the device to known orientations. The IMU output at the known orientations can be compared to an expected true IMU output, and correction factors (e.g., sensitivity and offset matrices) can be calculated. The correction factors can be stored in the device, and applied to the IMU output to provide a true output. The testing apparatus can include a fixture placed in a gimbal movable around three axes.

2011-12-08

20110301903

SENSOR CALIBRATION IN AN RFID TAG - A sensor, electrically connected to transponder, is calibrated in an environment of operational use of the transponder. The calibrating uses as a reference a value of a parameter representative of the environment.

2011-12-08

20110301904

METHOD FOR COMPENSATING A MEASURED VALUE OFFSET - In a method for determining an offset of measured values of a multiaxial directional sensor using a superposed signal, a large number of multiaxial measured values are recorded first. Measured values, which are recorded in different orientations of the directional sensor, form a geometric figure in a coordinate system resulting from the measuring axes of the sensor, the ideal form of the geometric figure being known and the ideal center point of which being located at the origin of the measuring axes. In the case of a biaxial sensor, the geometric figure is a circle; in the case of a triaxial sensor, it is a sphere around the origin. The superposition caused by the interference is reflected in that the center point of the geometric figure is shifted in relation to the origin of the measuring axes. The offset is measured by determining this shift.

2011-12-08

20110301905

METHODS FOR CALIBRATION OF RADIO-FREQUENCY PATH LOSS IN RADIO-FREQUENCY TEST EQUIPMENT - Calibration equipment for calibrating multiple test stations in a test system is provided. Each test station may include a test unit, a test fixture, and a radio-frequency (RF) cable that connects the test unit to the test fixture. A control test setup may be used to calibrate uplink and downlink characteristics associated with each test station (e.g., to determine path loss associated with the RF cable and test fixture and variations associated with the test unit). The control test setup may calibrate each test station at desired frequencies to generate a test station error (offset) table. The test unit of each test station may be individually configured based on the test station error table so that offset is minimized among the different stations and so that the test stations may reliably measure hundreds or thousands of wireless electronic devices during product testing.

2011-12-08

20110301906

LIGHTWEIGHT AUDIO SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS AND METHOD - A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides EMC, RFI, BCI and ESD shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. The PCB architecture is bifurcated into a first board carrying common circuit components in a surface mount configuration suitable for high volume production, and a second board carrying application specific circuit components in a wave soldered stick mount configuration. The major components and subassemblies are self-fixturing during the final assembly process, eliminating the need for dedicated tools, fixtures and assembly equipment. The major components and subassemblies self-interconnect by integral guide and connection features effecting “slide lock” and “snap lock” self-interconnection. The radio architecture includes improved push buttons employing 4-bar living hinge linkage and front loaded decorative trim buttons.

2011-12-08

20110301907

Accelerating Automatic Test Pattern Generation in a Multi-Core Computing Environment via Speculatively Scheduled Sequential Multi-Level Parameter Value Optimization - Systems and methods provide acceleration of automatic test pattern generation in a multi-core computing environment via multi-level parameter value optimization for a parameter set with speculative scheduling. The methods described herein use multi-core based parallel runs to parallelize sequential execution, speculative software execution to explore possible parameter sets, and terminate/prune runs when the optimum parameter value is found at a previous level. The present invention evaluates the design prior to the implementation of the compression IP so that it can define the configuration of DFT and ATPG to maximize the results of compression as measured by test data volume and test application time.

2011-12-08

20110301908

DETECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A detection device for an internal combustion engine is preferably applied to the internal combustion engine which includes a temperature varying member, which is provided in an exhaust system, and whose temperature varies due to gas flow in the exhaust system. A temperature correlation value detection unit detects a correlation value which correlates with the temperature of the temperature varying member. The term correlation value herein includes impedance of the temperature varying member, a signal output value such as current and voltage output sent from the temperature varying member, and/or the temperature varying member's own temperature. A variation calculating unit calculates a variation of the correlation value, in a time period when the gas flow arises, detected by the temperature correlation value detection unit.

2011-12-08

20110301909

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) ASSEMBLY - A temperature measurement system is provided for a light emitting diode (LED) assembly that includes an LED having two semiconductors joined together at an LED junction. The system includes a temperature sensor operatively connected to the LED assembly at a remote location that is remote from the LED junction. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the LED assembly at the remote location. A temperature calculation module is operatively connected to the temperature sensor for receiving the measured temperature at the remote location from the temperature sensor. The temperature calculation module is configured to determine a junction temperature at the LED junction based on the measured temperature a the remote location.

2011-12-08

20110301910

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADIANCE EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT - Radiance efficiency measurement. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium includes executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to calculate, based on input radiation data, which is based on radiation from a radiation source, a difference of a radiance of the radiation source and a radiance of a background to the radiation source. The one or more processors are further caused to calculate, based on the difference, a transmissivity of the radiation source such that the calculated transmissivity of the radiation source is defined for flare combustion temperatures. The one or more processors are further caused to output the transmissivity of the radiation source.

2011-12-08

20110301911

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TEMPERATURE VALUES IN A DATA CENTER - A system and method for evaluating equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one cooling provider. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data regarding each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each of the equipment racks, storing the received data, determining air flow between the at least one cooling provider and each of the equipment racks, determining inlet and exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider based on the layout, the power draw and the airflow, for each equipment rack, determining inlet and exit air temperature based on the layout, the power draw and the airflow, and displaying an indication of the inlet and exit temperature for each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooler. In the method, determining the inlet and exit temperature of each of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider includes establishing a set of S coupled equations, with S equal to a number of temperature values to be determined, and solving the S coupled equations.

2011-12-08

20110301912

PROVIDING LOCATION ESTIMATES BASED ON A LOCATION CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY - In an example embodiment, there is described herein an apparatus comprising an interface and logic operable receive data from a device via the interface. The logic is operable to estimate a location of the device based on data received via the interface based on a first (e.g. default) location classification. The logic is further operable to estimate a location of the device based on data received via the interface based on a second location classification responsive to a predefined trigger.

2011-12-08

20110301913

ROTATION ANGLE DETECTOR - A rotation angle detector is provided with a frame-shaped yoke which includes a first wall and a second wall in parallel. A rotation axis of a detection subject extends inside of the frame-shaped yoke. A magnetic flux vector is uniformed in a direction orthogonal to the first wall, whereby even if a position of a Hall element deviates, the detected magnetic flux density is less varied. A robustness of the detector is enhanced. A distance between the Hall element and a second inner surface of the second wall is shorter than that between the Hall element and a first inner surface of the first wall. A length of the second inner surface is longer than a length of the first inner surface. At a vicinity of the second wall, the area in which the magnetic flux vector is uniformed can be enlarged. Thus, the robustness is further enhanced.

2011-12-08

20110301914

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANGE-FINDING - A system and method is described for determining a distance to a desired target via correlating a pulse modulated signal with its corresponding reflected signal, while compensating for noise error in the reflected signal to allow for a more precise distance determination. Further details and features are described herein.

2011-12-08

20110301915

SURFACE PROFILE EVALUATION - A method and system for accepting or rejecting a curved surface of a body under evaluation involves conducting a comparison between the curvature of a surface profile for the surface under evaluation and higher and lower curvature tolerance boundaries. The higher and lower curvature tolerance boundaries are determined from a desired surface profile. The curvature at a plurality of locations on the curve profile under evaluation may be defined with reference to a geometric variable for said curved surface and may be plotted on a graph. The higher and lower curvature tolerance boundaries may also be plotted on the graph so as to determine whether the plot of curvature for the surface under evaluation falls within the bounds of the higher and lower tolerance boundaries.

AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - Abnormality causes are automatically identified during daily quality control, based on the focused consideration of complex uncertainty factors and, especially, of the causes of device-side abnormalities (i.e., abnormalities of the optical system and the dispenser mechanism), the latter of which are often difficult to identify.

2011-12-08

20110301918

DATA ACQUISITION FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY - A method for estimating the start time of an electronic pulse generated in response to a detected event, for example the start time for pulses received in response to photon detection in positron emission tomography, includes providing a detector that detects an external event and generates an electronic analog pulse signal. A composite reference pulse curve is calculated to represent analog pulse signals generated by the detector. Upon receiving an analog pulse signal, it may be filtered, and then digitized, and normalized based on the area of the digital signal. Using at least one point of the normalized digital pulse signal, the composite reference pulse curve shape is used to estimate the pulse start time.

2011-12-08

20110301919

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ARTIFACT ASSEMBLAGE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER ASSETS WITH INTERFACE NODE MEDIATORS - A system and method to compile different types of data from different locations into one reliable assemblage is provided. The assemblage may include an index of information provided to a user. The assemblage may be in the form of a three dimensional (3D) representation of an object, where the 3D representation includes an index and links to more detailed information regarding the object. The 3D representation may be of any object, for example, a body part in the context of medical imaging, or a building in the context of architectural and engineering design. The assemblage may be comprised of 3D and 2D artifacts. The 2D artifact may include 2D vector and raster embellishment in a variety of forms, such as vector graphics, raster graphics from many sources included hand drawn graphics that are scanned, specification documents, texts, cost data from cost databases, data in tabular form, notes, text, dimensions, link icons (links to other media). The 3D artifact may include vector graphics (2D and 3D) including all data obtained through data conversion methods, and “Point clouds” (voxels).

2011-12-08

20110301920

Curve Matching for Parameter Identification - Methods and systems for matching a computed curve to a target curve to enable realistic engineering simulations are disclosed. Optimization of parameter identification is achieved by adjusting the parametric inputs of a simulation model such that the discrepancy between the two curves is minimized. Because the points on the two curves to be matched are paired, matching of any two open curves, including hysteretic curves, can be handled. Curves that are completely set apart in their original coordinates can be merged to a common coordinate system for parameter identification without the computational instability problems. A partial matching scheme is used for mapping points defining the shorter one of the two curves to a set of mapped points on the longer one. One or more offsets from the first point of the longer curve are used for multiple attempts to find a best fit.

2011-12-08

20110301921

Curve Matching for Parameter Identification - Methods and systems for matching a computed curve to a target curve to enable realistic engineering simulations are disclosed. Discrepancies between computed curve and the target curve are measured, and based on the discrepancies, decisions on how to adjust parametric inputs can be made to achieve an optimal result of simulation. Optimization of parameter identification is achieved by adjusting the parametric inputs of a simulation model such that the discrepancy between the two curves is minimized. Because the points on the two curves to be matched are paired, matching of any two open curves, including hysteretic curves, can be handled. Curves that are complete set apart in their original coordinates can be merged to a common coordinate system for parameter identification without the computational instability problems

2011-12-08

20110301922

EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A simulation system for producing equivalent circuits reads data corresponding to a tabular W element format in a storage device, and adds data of the tabular W element format file using interpolation algorithm. A frequency-dependent transmission matrix is transformed into an N-port network matrix describing electrical properties of a multi-input and multi-output network. An N-port network matrix is transformed into a S-parameter matrix. A range of frequency of a s-parameter is determined and numbers of pole-residue, times for recursion and durable maximum system errors in the equivalent circuit is also determined. A a vector fitting algorithm is performed and a rational function matrix composed with s-parameters is produced, to produce a general SPICE equivalent circuit based on the generated rational function matrix.

2011-12-08

20110301923

EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HSPICE - A simulation system and method for generating equivalent circuits compatible with HSPICE reads data corresponding to N-port network system format in a storage device, and obtains S-parameter matrixes from the N-port network system. S-parameters in the S-parameter matrix that satisfy passivity are checked, and an interpolation algorithm to supplement S-parameters with passivity when some S-parameters not satisfy passivity is performed. Numbers of pole-residue, times for recursion and a tolerant system error of a rational function are generated for determining S-parameters. A rational function matrix composed of S-parameters is generated by performing a vector fitting algorithm, and an equivalent circuit is generated compatible with HSPICE format based on the generated rational function matrix.

2011-12-08

20110301924

DRILLING DYNAMICS - A method of determining movement dynamics of a drillstring is provided that includes the steps of calculating or measuring a friction coefficient for the sliding contact between the drillstring and the sidewall of a borehole, the friction coefficient being a varying function of non-zero sliding velocities; and predicting movement dynamics of the drillstring using the measured friction coefficient.

2011-12-08

20110301925

Optical State Estimation And Simulation Environment For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for simulating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and simulating an environment in which the UAV may be flying. A plurality of visual sensors, e.g., cameras, positioned on the UAV, may be simulated. A UAV simulator is configured to simulate the UAV and a graphical simulator is configured to simulate the environment. The UAV simulator may be configured to: estimate pitch, roll and/or groundspeed based, at least in part, on outputs from the visual sensors, determine a position and/or an orientation of the simulated UAV in the simulated environment based, at least in part, on the estimate(s) and provide the position and/or orientation to the graphical simulator. The graphical simulator may be configured to display the simulated UAV at the position and/or orientation in the simulated environment and/or to display the simulated camera view(s).

VIRTUAL GOLF SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A virtual golf simulation device and a method for the same are disclosed. The virtual golf simulation device includes a sensor for sensing flight of a ball hit by a golfer, an image processor for processing a simulated image of a virtual golf course and a simulated image of a flight trajectory of the ball sensed by the sensor, a caddy voice guide for providing a golfer logged in to a system with customized voice guidance through a virtual caddy selected for the golfer from among a plurality of virtual caddies, and a controller for identifying the logged-in golfer and controlling the caddy voice guide to provide the logged-in golfer with the customized voice guidance through the selected virtual caddy.

Systems and Methods Of Performing Vibro-acoustic Analysis Of A Structure - Methods and systems for simulating acoustic field resulted from particular excitations by performing vibro-acoustic analysis of a structure are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, vibro-acoustic analysis of a structure is performed in two stages. First, steady state dynamic (SSD) responses are obtained using a finite element analysis model of a structure subject to harmonic excitations (e.g., external nodal loads, pressures, or enforced motions (e.g., ground motions), etc.). The steady state responses are the results (e.g., nodal velocities at desired locations of the structure) obtained in a finite element analysis in frequency-domain. Second, an acoustic analysis is conducted according to Helmholtz equation using the nodal velocities obtained at desired locations on the structure as a boundary condition. The acoustic analysis can be performed in a number of procedures (e.g., boundary element method, Rayleigh approximation method, etc.).

2011-12-08

20110301930

METHOD FOR DETERMINING GENE KNOCKOUTS - A method for determining candidates for gene deletions and additions using a model of a metabolic network associated with an organism, the model includes a plurality of metabolic reactions defining metabolite relationships, the method includes selecting a bioengineering objective for the organism, selecting at least one cellular objective, forming an optimization problem that couples the at least one cellular objective with the bioengineering objective, and solving the optimization problem to yield at least one candidate.

2011-12-08

20110301931

SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MODELING CELL PERFORMANCE FADE OF RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - A system includes an electrochemical cell, monitoring hardware, and a computing system. The monitoring hardware periodically samples performance characteristics of the electrochemical cell. The computing system determines cell information from the performance characteristics of the electrochemical cell. The computing system also develops a mechanistic level model of the electrochemical cell to determine performance fade characteristics of the electrochemical cell and analyzing the mechanistic level model to estimate performance fade characteristics over aging of a similar electrochemical cell. The mechanistic level model uses first constant-current pulses applied to the electrochemical cell at a first aging period and at three or more current values bracketing a first exchange current density. The mechanistic level model also is based on second constant-current pulses applied to the electrochemical cell at a second aging period and at three or more current values bracketing the second exchange current density.

2011-12-08

20110301932

MOSFET MODEL OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a MOSFET model output apparatus is configured to output a MOSFET model for a simulation of a semiconductor circuit. The apparatus includes a shape data input part configured to input shape data of a MOSFET. The apparatus further includes a parameter calculation part configured to calculate a parameter of a parasitic device model to be added to the MOSFET model, using the shape data. The apparatus further includes a MOSFET model output part configured to generate and output the MOSFET model added with the parasitic device model, using the parameter of the parasitic device model. Further, the MOSFET model output part adds different parasitic device models to the MOSFET model in a case where the MOSFET is an N-type MOSFET and in a case where the MOSFET is a P-type MOSFET.

2011-12-08

20110301933

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESS - Methods and apparatus for simulating a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, if a client based model is not available, the server supplies a software agent to replace the inputs and outputs normally associated with that portion of the overall simulation.

2011-12-08

20110301934

MACHINE BASED SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER - A computer implemented method for performing sign language translation based on movements of a user is provided. A capture device detects motions defining gestures and detected gestures are matched to signs. Successive signs are detected and compared to a grammar library to determine whether the signs assigned to gestures make sense relative to each other and to a grammar context. Each sign may be compared to previous and successive signs to determine whether the signs make sense relative to each other. The signs may further be compared to user demographic information and a contextual database to verify the accuracy of the translation. An output of the match between the movements and the sign is provided.

2011-12-08

20110301935

LOCATING PARALLEL WORD SEQUENCES IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for automatically extracting parallel word sequences from comparable corpora are described. Electronic documents, such as web pages belonging to a collaborative online encyclopedia, are analyzed to locate parallel word sequences between electronic documents written in different languages. These parallel word sequences are then used to train a machine translation system that can translate text from one language to another.

2011-12-08

20110301936

INTERPRETATION TERMINALS AND METHOD FOR INTERPRETATION THROUGH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTERPRETATION TERMINALS - A method for interpreting a dialogue between two terminals includes establishing a communication channel between interpretation terminals of two parties in response to an interpretation request; specifying a language of an initiating party and a language of the other party in each of the interpretation terminals of the two parties by exchanging information about the language of the initiating party used in the interpretation terminal of the initiating party and the language of the other party used in the interpretation terminal of the other party via the communication channel; recognizing speech uttered from the interpretation terminal of the initiating party; translating the speech recognized by the interpretation terminal of the initiating party into the language of the other party; and transmitting a sentence translated into the language of the other party to the interpretation terminal of the other party.

2011-12-08

20110301937

ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE - The present invention provides an electronic reading device. At the device, a voice is captured by a capturing unit, and then the reference information stored in a storing unit is received by a processing unit for converting the voice to a visual image signal based on the reference information. Afterwards, the visual image corresponding to the visual image signal is shown on a display unit. Therefore, the device provides the function of speech recognition anywhere and anytime and is suitable for prolonged use due to the features of power saving and easy reading.

2011-12-08

20110301938

MULTILINGUAL TAGGING OF CONTENT WITH CONDITIONAL DISPLAY OF UNILINGUAL TAGS - One or more computers are programmed to obtain an identifier of a natural language (“session language”). Additionally, the one or more computers are programmed to create and store in a computer memory, a webpage to be displayed to the user, including at least a title of a piece of content. In addition, the one or more computers automatically use the language identifier to select from among multiple tags that are expressed in multiple languages, a set of tags in the session language. One or more tags in the selected set are then stored in the web page in the computer memory, if the selected set is non-zero. If the number of tags in the selected set is zero (i.e. there exist no tags in the session language), in some embodiments a message is included in the webpage, indicating that there are no tags available.

2011-12-08

20110301939

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING A LANGUAGE FOR TEXT SEGMENTATION - Methods and systems for selecting a language for text segmentation are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least a first candidate language and a second candidate language associated with a string of characters are identified, at least a first segmented result associated with the first candidate language and a second segmented result associated with the second candidate language are determined, a first frequency of occurrence for the first segmented result and a second frequency of occurrence for the second segmented result are determined, and an operable language is identified from the first candidate language and the second candidate language based at least in part on the first frequency of occurrence and the second frequency of occurrence.

2011-12-08

20110301940

FREE TEXT VOICE TRAINING - A system and method provide acoustic training of a voice or speech recognition engine and/or voice or speech recognition software application. Instead of requiring a user to read from a prepared or predetermined script, the system and method described herein enable acoustic training using any free text spoken phrases provided by the user directly, or by a previously recorded speech, presentation, or the like, performed by the user.

2011-12-08

20110301941

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer implemented natural language processing method, the method including the steps of: analysing a sentence string within textual information to determine sub-components of the sentence string, assigning one or more unique tokens to each determined sub-component, determining a probability of use that a determined sub-component has one or more specific meanings, based on the determined probability of use, creating a valid set of unique tokens that are associated with the sentence string, and linking verb sub-components associated with one or more of the unique tokens in the valid set of unique tokens to a pre-defined limited sub-set of verbs to create an identification tuple that maps onto the sub-set of verbs.

2011-12-08

20110301942

Method and Apparatus for Full Natural Language Parsing - The method and apparatus for discriminative natural language parsing, uses a deep convolutional neural network adapted for text and a structured tag inference in a graph. In the method and apparatus, a trained recursive convolutional graph transformer network, formed by the deep convolutional neural network and the graph, predicts “levels” of a parse tree based on predictions of previous levels.

2011-12-08

20110301943

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DICTATION FOR A SPEECH RECOGNITION COMMAND SYSTEM - In embodiments of the present invention, a system and computer-implemented method for enabling dictation may include parsing standard reports in order to identify a plurality of logical phrases in the report used for discrete sections and descriptions. In the report method, the phrases may be parsed and identifier words throughout the report may be compared to eliminate ambiguities. The method may then involve constructing text macros that follow the parsed text, thereby enabling the user to speak the identifiers to indicate full, formatted text. Finally, the report method may involve constructing a mnemonic document so both beginner and experienced users can easily read the identifiers out loud to produce a report. The result of the method is an intuitive, notes-style way to use speech commands to quickly produce a standard, formatted report.

2011-12-08

20110301944

DIVER AUDIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.

2011-12-08

20110301945

SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OUTPUTTING SPEECH FEATURE - A speech signal processing system which outputs a speech feature, divides an input speech signal into frames so that each pair of consecutive frames have a frame shift length equal to at least one period of the speech signal and have an overlap equal to at least a predetermined length, applies discrete Fourier transform to each of the frames, calculates a CSP coefficient for the pair, searches a predetermined search range in which a speech wave lags a period equal to at least one period to obtain the maximum value of the CSP coefficient for the pair, and generates time-series data of the maximum CSP coefficient values arranged in the order in which the frames appear. A method and a computer readable article of manufacture for the implementing the same are also provided.

2011-12-08

20110301946

TONE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND TONE DETERMINATION METHOD - Disclosed is a tone determination device that determines the tonality of an input signal using correlations between the frequency components of a current frame with the frequency components of the preceding frame, such that the tone determination device is able to decrease the calculation complexity. In the device, a vector coupling unit (

2011-12-08

20110301947

SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR RATE AND/OR DIVERSITY ADAPTATION FOR PACKET COMMUNICATIONS - Packets of real-time information are sent with a source rate greater than zero kilobits per second, and a time or path or combined time/path diversity rate initially being zero kilobits per second. This results in a quality of service QoS, optionally measured at the sender or the receiver. When the QoS is on an unacceptable side of a threshold of acceptability, the sender sends diversity packets at an increased rate. Increasing the diversity rate while either reducing or maintaining the overall transmission rate is new. CELP-based multiple-description data partitioning sends the base or important information plus a subset of fixed excitation in one packet and sends the base or important information plus the complementary subset of fixed excitation in another packet. Reconstruction produces acceptable quality when only one of the two packets is received and better quality when both packets are received. Reconstruction provides for single and multiple lost packets.

2011-12-08

20110301948

ECHO-RELATED DECISIONS ON AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL OF UPLINK SPEECH SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method for performing a call between a near-end user and a far-end user, which includes the following operations performed during the call by the near-end user's communications device. Automatic gain control (AGC) is performed to update a gain applied to an uplink speech signal. A frame is detected in a downlink signal that contains speech; in response, the updating of the gain is frozen. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

2011-12-08

20110301949

SPEAKER-CLUSTER DEPENDENT SPEAKER RECOGNITION (SPEAKER-TYPE AUTOMATED SPEECH RECOGNITION) - In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system that employs speaker clustering (or speaker type) for transcribing audio. A large corpus of audio with corresponding transcripts is analyzed to determine a plurality of speaker types (e.g., dialects). The ASR system is trained for each speaker type. Upon encountering a new user, the ASR system attempts to map the user to a speaker type. After the new user is mapped to a speaker type, the ASR employs the speaker type for transcribing audio from the new user.

2011-12-08

20110301950

SPEECH INPUT DEVICE, SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD - A device for speech input includes a speech input unit configured to convert a speech of a user to a speech signal; an angle detection unit configured to detect an angle of the speech input unit; a distance detection unit configured to detect a distance between the speech input unit and the user; and an input switch unit configured to control on and off of the speech input unit based on the angle and the distance.

2011-12-08

20110301951

ELECTRONIC QUESTIONNAIRE - A questionnaire is presented to a user in a more efficient manner in which the user is more likely to participate. The questionnaire is sent electronically to the user's vehicle and presented audibly to the user. The user responds audibly to the questions in the questionnaire. The user's responses are converted to text and sent back to the provider server for tallying.

2011-12-08

20110301952

SPEECH RECOGNITION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SPEECH RECOGNITION PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a speech recognition processing system in which speech recognition processing is executed parallelly by plural speech recognizing units. Before text data as the speech recognition result is output from each of the speech recognizing units, information indicating each speaker is parallelly displayed on a display in emission order of each speech. When the text data is output from each of the speech recognizing units, the text data is associated with the information indicating each speaker and the text data is displayed.

2011-12-08

20110301953

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTI MODEL ADAPTATION AND VOICE RECOGNITION - Provided is a system of voice recognition that adapts and stores a voice of a speaker for each feature to each of a basic voice model and new independent multi models and provides stable real-time voice recognition through voice recognition using a multi adaptive model.

Predicting and Learning Carrier Phrases for Speech Input - Predicting and learning users' intended actions on an electronic device based on free-form speech input. Users' actions can be monitored to develop of a list of carrier phrases having one or more actions that correspond to the carrier phrases. A user can speak a command into a device to initiate an action. The spoken command can be parsed and compared to a list of carrier phrases. If the spoken command matches one of the known carrier phrases, the corresponding action(s) can be presented to the user for selection. If the spoken command does not match one of the known carrier phrases, search results (e.g., Internet search results) corresponding to the spoken command can be presented to the user. The actions of the user in response to the presented action(s) and/or the search results can be monitored to update the list of carrier phrases.

2011-12-08

20110301956

Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - An information processing apparatus includes an image analysis unit that executes a process for analyzing an image captured by a camera, a speech analysis unit that executes a process for analyzing speech input from a microphone, and a data processing unit that receives a result of the analysis conducted by the image analysis unit and a result of the analysis conducted by the speech analysis unit and that executes output control of help information for a user. The data processing unit calculates a degree of difficulty of the user on the basis of at least either the result of the image analysis or the result of the speech analysis and, if the degree of difficulty that has been calculated is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, executes a process for outputting help information to the user.

2011-12-08

20110301957

System and/or Method for Audibly Prompting a Patient with a Motion Device - A patient notification and response system comprises a communications network, a server, a workstation, and a remote motion device. The server is operatively connected to the communications network and comprises a database and a script generator. The database comprises script programs, where each script program is associated with a patient notification message. The script generator is configured to generate a script having one or more commands based on the script programs. The workstation is operatively connected to the communications network and displays a user interface configured to allow a first user to select a selected script program from the database on the server. The remote motion device operatively connected to the communications network, where the remote motion device is in the possession of a second user associated with a patient and comprises a speaker, a microphone, a motion system, and a controller. Based on the script commands of the selected script program, the controller causes the speaker to generate first audible signals perceivable by the second user, activates the motion system to cause movement of the remote motion device perceivable by the second user, and transmits to the first user responses generated based on second audible signals made by the second user in response to at least one of the first audible signals and the movement of the remote motion device.

2011-12-08

20110301958

System-Initiated Speech Interaction - Whenever an event occurs on a computing system which will accept a response from a user of the system, the system automatically determines whether or not to enable speech interaction with the system for the event response. Whenever speech interaction is enabled with the system for the event response, the system provides a notification to the user which informs the user of the event and their options for responding thereto, where these options include responding verbally. Whenever the user responds within a prescribed period of time via a voice command (VC), the system attempts to recognize the VC. Whenever the VC is successfully recognized, the system responds appropriately to the VC.

2011-12-08

20110301959

VOICE ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A voice acquisition system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly attached at an inner portion of the windshield of a vehicle equipped with the interior rearview mirror assembly. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes at least two microphones for receiving audio signals within a cabin of the vehicle and generating an output indicative of the audio signals. A control is in the vehicle and is responsive to the output from the at least one microphone. The control at least partially distinguishes vocal signals from non-vocal signals present in the output. The at least two microphones provide sound capture for at least one of a hands free cell phone system, an audio recording system and a wireless communication system.

2011-12-08

20110301960

CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A coding apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate first coding information used for first coding of a first audio signal and second coding information used for second coding of a second audio signal, and generate third coding information used for the first coding of the second audio signal and fourth coding information used for the second coding of a third audio signal; a first coding unit configured to generate first data and second data; a second coding unit configured to generate third data and fourth data by performing the second coding on the third audio signal; and a multiplexing unit configured to generate a stream of the first audio signal and a stream of the second audio signal. The third data is decoded in place of the second data in a case where a loss or an error has occurred in the stream of the second audio signal.

2011-12-08

20110301961

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL USING ADAPTIVE SINUSOIDAL CODING - A method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding audio signals using adaptive sinusoidal coding are provided. The audio signal encoding method includes the steps of dividing a synthesized audio signal into a plurality of sub-bands, calculating the energy of each sub-band, selecting a predetermined number of sub-bands having a relatively large amount of energy from the sub-bands, and performing sinusoidal coding with regard to the selected sub-bands. Application of sinusoidal coding based on consideration of the amount of energy of each sub-band of the synthesized signal improves the quality of the synthesized signal more efficiently.

2011-12-08

20110301962

STEREO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A stereo encoding method and apparatus are provided, so as to reduce distortion caused by delay adjustment. The stereo encoding method includes: extracting a current interchannel delay of a stereo signal and a previous delay adjacent to the current interchannel delay; performing adjustment frame judgment according to characteristics of the current stereo signal when the current delay and the previous delay are different; and performing delay adjustment on the stereo signal by using the current interchannel delay if it is judged that a frame where the current delay occurs is an adjustment frame.

2011-12-08

20110301963

Method and System for Providing Energy Related Information Associated with Gateway Connected Devices - A broadband gateway which enables communication with a plurality of devices may be operable to determine an energy consumption metric associated with each application usage in each of the devices. The broadband gateway may handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider. The energy consumption metric and/or related information may be communicated to a user who may be associated with one or more of the plurality of devices. The energy consumption metric and/or the related information may be communicated to the user via a graphical user interface (GUI), a text-based interface, an audio interface and/or an electronic program guide (EPG). The broadband gateway may offer a credit and/or a reward based on a selection of a choice of consuming the application with reduced energy consumption. The broadband gateway may generate alerts based on monitored energy consumption and a monthly threshold.

2011-12-08

20110301964

Auction Methods and Systems - Known auction techniques are modified to provide various benefits. In one arrangement, a pseudo-random function is employed to determine whether a nominally-ended auction should be extended, allowing an unsuccessful remorseful bidder a possible further chance to win the auction. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

2011-12-08

20110301965

DYNAMICALLY PREDICTING PATIENT INFLUX INTO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - Current patients in an emergency department of a hospital are described according to their quantity, their triage classification levels, and their wait times to calculate a current patient backlog. A sum of weight-adjusted triage classification levels of all of the current patients is calculated. Current patient arrival rates in the emergency department are tracked to calculate a current change in patient arrival rates, which are compared with historical changes in patient arrival rates. A size of an imminent influx of arriving patients into the emergency department is then predicted based on the current patient backlog, the sum of weight-adjusted triage classification levels of patients currently in the emergency department, and the current change in patient arrival rates.

2011-12-08

20110301966

REAL-TIME SYNCHRONOUS SEMANTIC PROCESSING IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION - The synchronous semantic processing technique described herein provides the level of completeness of a document in real-time as a user is creating or editing the document and provides recommendations to the user to increase the level of completeness. In one embodiment, the level of completeness of a medical document, and the state of the components of the document that are used to determine level, are used to make recommendations to a user (e.g., a physician) to provide additional information for the components that determine the level, thereby increasing the level. The level of medical documentation can be represented by an Evaluation and Management (E&M) coding level, which is a U.S. standard defined to evaluate how comprehensive a medical document is. The E&M level is used to determine the completeness of the medical document and to make recommendations to the user to improve the quality and the completeness of the document.

2011-12-08

20110301967

PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION OF RESOURCE DISCOVERY, RESERVATION AND ASSIGNMENT - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product allocate multiple resources from multiple organizations. A series of requests for multiple resources from multiple organizations is received. The multiple resources are required to accomplish a specific task, and each of the multiple resources is assigned a probability of consumption. Probabilities of availability of the multiple resources are then determined and transmitted to the organizations.

2011-12-08

20110301968

Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Providing Targeted Displays for Pharmacy Signature Capture Systems - A pharmacy signature capture system can display a targeted message for playing to a signor using criteria that are based on a prescription number that is provided during a pharmacy transaction. The functionality of a signature capture system can thereby be enhanced to provide targeted educational messages concerning the pharmaceutical prescription, targeted messages that indicate alternative medications that may substituted for the pharmaceutical prescription, targeted messages that identify other items that may be desired, targeted messages that solicit participation in a study related to the pharmaceutical prescription and/or other targeted messages. Related systems and computer program products are also discussed.

2011-12-08

20110301969

MONITORING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USAGE IN A MANAGED HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - In one example, a portable device collects over a first network first and second information from a remote electronic device, each of the first and second information indicating a user input received via a user interface of the remote electronic device at a different time. The portable device identifies a trend based on the collected first and second information. After identifying the trend, the portable device collects over the first network third information from the remote electronic device, the third information indicating a user input received via the user interface of the remote electronic device at a later time. The portable device analyzes the third information using the identified trend and transmits a caregiver notification over a second different network according to the analysis.

2011-12-08

20110301970

METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SERVICE BASED ON INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING SERVICE USING THE METHOD - In the present invention, an information terminal with a high-performance graphic and a processor accesses the server providing a predetermined service of a predetermined institution through a wired/wireless communication network to provide a service to virtually experience the predetermined service in advance in the virtual reality and additional information associated with the predetermined service is provided through the augmented reality in real time to allow the user to conveniently use a predetermined complicated service provided from the predetermined institution.

2011-12-08

20110301971

Healthcare System Planning Tool - A system for planning at a healthcare facility employs a database that stores health care facility impacting data including demographic data describing a preselected set of aspects of a population residing within a defined geographic area. A simulator applies modeling tools to the health care facility impacting data and generates output data corresponding to selected data in the health care facility impacting data. The modeling tools include a protocols of care tool; a service configuration modeling tool; a financial analysis tool; and a facility modeling tool. A video monitor displays an image of a map with a visual representation of the geographic area and a plurality of dynamically configurable data display objects that are superimposed on the map. Each data display object is disposed adjacent to a location of a different healthcare facility and each displays output data generated by the simulator.

2011-12-08

20110301972

MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM - A medical payment system is described in which a provider of medical goods and/or services submits, via telephone or other communications medium, a request for payment amount determination for a patient encounter. A price determination system determines which of a plurality of fee schedules negotiated by the provider applies to the patient encounter and calculates, based at least in part on information entered by the provider, a payment amount for the encounter, which it communicates to at least the provider. In one embodiment, the provider receives the payment amount information while the patient is at the point of service. In one embodiment, the provider may use the system to submit a claim for payment by at least one responsible party.

2011-12-08

20110301973

METHOD OF DELIVERING GOODS AND SERVICES VIA MEDIA RELATED APPLICATIONS - A method of delivering goods or services via an encoded medium to a holder includes generating data in a database associated with a central computing station in response to an assignee of the medium and a provider of goods or services separately communicatively linking the medium to a central computing station. The data generated in the database includes the identity of the assignee, the identity of the goods or services associated with the medium, and the identity of the goods or services provided by the provider. A value of the medium is established, wherein the medium assumes different values based on various conditions. After the provider of goods or services provides the goods or services to the holder, the value of the medium is updated and recorded in the database.

2011-12-08

20110301974

Adaptive Intervention and Management Method for Healthcare Organizations - A method to optimize the performance of a health care organization, comprising creating a 3-dimensional Healthcare Adaptive Cycle space defined by a Potential axis, a Connectedness axis, and a Resilience axis. The method then determines at a first evaluation time a first location for the healthcare organization within said Healthcare Adaptive Cycle, and visually displays the 3-dimensional Healthcare Adaptive Cycle space and the first location.

2011-12-08

20110301975

One Stop Shopping System and Method - A system and method are disclosed for one-stop shopping for health-care services and related needs. The one-stop shopping system and method provide objective information for the system enrollee to assess and decide on health-care insurance and services. The system and method provide this objective information in a way that is easily accessible by system enrollees in an economical and rapid manner.

2011-12-08

20110301976

MEDICAL HISTORY DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - An intelligent system for collecting, storing, processing, and analyzing a patient's relevant medical history data is disclosed. In one embodiment, a patient's medical history, including the patient's personal medical history and the patient's family medical history, may be accessed within the system. The system may be queried by doctors and other medical professionals to compare symptoms, diagnoses, prescriptions, and medical issues against the known medical history. Further, the intelligent system may query the medical history of family members, providing an accurate yet discreet evaluation of related health conditions that may have genetic or hereditary implications. A further embodiment utilizes the intelligent system to generate alerts on the basis of the patient's personal or family medical history. These alerts may be issued separately or in conjunction with the patient's current medical issues, in order to help patients and medical professionals recognize potential health conditions and obtain enhanced medical evaluation.

2011-12-08

20110301977

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALUE-BASED DECISION SUPPORT - Systems and methods for multi-dimensional, value-based clinical care path decision support are provided. A system includes a care decision subsystem to receive a patient problem and at least one clinical patient attribute, to identify a plurality of patient care path options for evaluation by the patient and a provider, and to generate a mashup of patient-specific criteria including clinical efficacy, cost, and access associated with each of the plurality of patient care path options. Each of the plurality of patient care path options can be utilized in an evaluation with respect to an objective associated with the patient problem. A user interface displays the plurality of patient care path options and associated mashup of patient-specific criteria to facilitate a data-driven selection of at least one of the plurality of patient care path options based on comparative efficacy, cost, and access tailored to the patient.

2011-12-08

20110301978

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PATIENT MEDICAL INFORMATION - Methods and systems for managing patient medical information are provided in order to make it more convenient for patient information to be managed both electronically and using traditional physical files. The methods and systems comprise: storing patient medical information in an electronic patient record; generating at least one adhesive medical summary corresponding to the patient medical information; and, affixing the adhesive medical summary to a physical patient record. An electronic patient record may be stored in a database and may comprise general patient identifier information, patient assessment or medical examination information, patient prescription information, and/or immunization information. The methods and systems may also comprise billing information that may be used to generate billing summaries. Medical condition templates comprising default medical assessment information as typically determined for a specific medical condition may be used to facilitate the entry of patient medical information.

2011-12-08

20110301979

HEALTH CARE PATIENT BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY RESEARCH SYSTEM AND METHODS - The software of the present invention provides a means for creating a file of unpaid claims for a service provider. The software is used to create one or more queries to compare information in the file of claims against records in a benefit provider's database to determine the eligibility status of the claim. A file is created containing each claim for which a matching record in the benefit provider's database is found, and the information from that matching record. A report can be generated from the file of matching claims and benefit provider records, so the claims can be submitted for payment by the service provider.

2011-12-08

20110301980

Automated Medical Image Storage System - An automated medical image storage system comprises an interface, a configuration interface and an output processor. The interface acquires a sequence of images of patient vessels both prior to and following introduction of contrast agent into the vessels and subtracts a mask image representing background detail in the absence of a contrast agent to produce data representing a DSA sequence of digitally subtracted images enhancing vessel structure. The configuration interface enables a user to configure image processing (e.g., pixel shift, edge enhancement) and selection of images from the sequence of images for automatic documented archiving in an archival system by determining criteria to select images associated with one of arterial, venous, or capillary phases of blood flow. The output processor automatically initiates storage of images selected from the sequence of images in response to the determined criteria.

2011-12-08

20110301981

PERSONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides systems and methods to realize the potential benefit of portable storage devices by taking advantage of standard PCs including an optical disk drive capable of reading an optical disk, such as a CD or a DVD, cost effective optical disks, and the Internet.

2011-12-08

20110301982

INTEGRATED MEDICAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM WITH CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - An integrated medical software system with embedded transcription functionality is disclosed. The system comprises a clinical module for capturing clinical data for a patient in a first electronic document and a communication component that communicates the clinical data to a rule-based clinical decision support (CDS) system and receives at least one of an alert, warning, reminder, and recommendation back from the CDS system based on the clinical data. The CDS system is configured to compare the clinical data against a knowledge base to identify the at least one of an alert, warning, reminder, and recommendation; the clinical data is serialized into a standardized database language and placed into a first electronic clinical document defined by a clinical document exchange standard before being communicated to the CDS system; and the at least one of an alert, warning, reminder, and recommendation is provided in a second electronic clinical document defined by the clinical document exchange standard when received back from the CDS system.

2011-12-08

20110301983

System and Method for Quoting, Selling, Distributing and Tracking Insurance Products - The system relates to an automated method for selling a variety of insurance products to a single individual user. In one aspect of the system, a first database is used for storing demographic information about the user, a second database is used for mapping property types to available insurance products, and the system reuses demographic information stored and retrieved from the first database to provide insurance quotes for a plurality of insurance products.